Here's how to find piglins in the Nether Update for Minecraft

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Piglins are one of the new mobs being added to Minecraft as part of the Nether Update. Like hoglins, they are also hostile, but there's still a trick to it. If you know what to do, piglins can become a valuable ally for players in the Nether. Before you do that, however, you have to find them. Here's what you need to do.

How to find piglins in the Nether Update



Finding piglins in Minecraft ends up being very similar to finding hoglins. Piglins can spawn in two different places in the Nether, with one being a far better bet than the other. While you can spot small groups of piglins in the "nether waste," or the new name for the generic in-between Nether locations that everyone is familiar with, they are far more common in the crimson forests that hoglins reside in.

This is because a piglin's primary source of food is the same as any player planning on staying in the Nether: hoglins. As is smart, this means most piglins choose to stay close to where...